A photo collage of two images. The smaller inset image in black and white shows Omar Cardenas Martinez, who is a middle-aged Hispanic man. He has a beard and is wearing a dark t-shirt and a Yankees baseball cap. He has a slight smile on his face. The image behind Cardenas in a red gradient shows officers wearing jackets that have "POLICE" written above the letters "ERO," which stands for Enforcement and Removal Operations. Between the officers is a handcuffed man wearing a mask on his face, and he is dressed in jeans and a jacket. The man is walking in front of a bus. They are all lit by the bus headlights.

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